Test 5 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Doves: a jackdaw in wh…
lol the lying dude got a present off the ape king, did the truth guy get one?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lying dude, truth guy · What happens: lie, get, do · To what, where: present, truth guy, one
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 398 «Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Doves: a jackdaw in white paint sneaks in among the doves, and a run of short fables follows» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 5 got | discourse |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dude | det |
| 3 | lying | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 dude | amod |
| 4 | dude | dude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | nsubj |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 present | det |
| 7 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obj |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 11 king | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 king | det |
| 10 | ape | ape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 king | compound |
| 11 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 present | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 did | punct |
| 13 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 got | conj |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 guy | det |
| 15 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 guy | compound |
| 16 | guy | guy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 did | obj |
| 17 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 guy | acl |
| 18 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 get | obj |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | gerund | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | get | past | the lying dude | a present | off the ape king | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer present=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | do | past | the lying dude not said here | the truth guy | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guy=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | get | infinitive | the truth guy not said here | one | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
nah the king sent him home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 sent | discourse |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sent | nsubj |
| 4 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sent | obj |
| 6 | home | home | ADV | _ | 4 sent | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past | the king | him = he | home property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
nah the apes tore him up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 tore | discourse |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 apes | det |
| 3 | apes | ape | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 tore | nsubj |
| 4 | tore | tore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tore | obj |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 tore | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tore up | past | the apes | him = he | tree rules |
Option 3
nah the apes gave him to their companions to tear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 apes | det |
| 3 | apes | ape | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | iobj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 companions | case |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 companions | nmod:poss |
| 8 | companions | companion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 gave | obl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 tear | mark |
| 10 | tear | tear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 gave | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the apes | him = he | to apes's companions | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Theme to companion=Recipient | |||
| 2 | tear | to-infinitive | the apes not said here | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
yeah the apes gave him gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 apes | det |
| 3 | apes | ape | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | iobj |
| 6 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the apes | gold | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient gold=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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